By Nancy Schretter Located on the shores of Mexico’s Gulf coast, Progreso is often found on shorter Western Caribbean itineraries. The port is also used as a substitute stop when hurricanes and mechanical issues necessitate itinerary changes. So, what’s there to do in Progreso? Don’t let the size or appearance of this town fool you [...]
When sailing into Cozumel, Mexico and looking for fun in the sun, drinks, food, a beach, and all the good stuff, consider a day-ass at the El Cid resort. The location is right off the cruise pier and you can’t miss the towering hotel with the El Cid emblem on the side of it. If [...]
What’s a Thanksgiving menu like on a Royal Caribbean sailing? Over Thanksgiving I had the opportunity to sail on Jewel of the Seas and here was the selections: Appetizers: Chill Shrimp Cocktail with spicy sweet Royal cocktail sauce Green Peppercorn Pate Seafood Pot Pie Soups: Roasted Butternut Squash Cream Chicken Consomme Chilled Cherry and Banana [...]
When I got into work this morning I almost couldnt believe my eyes. My travel show (Cruise Radio) month end reports were released and the Cruise Radio listenership is over 31,000 people a week! To think that a show under a year old is getting more views than a lot local TV/ Radio stations blows my mind. I wish [...]
Hilton Pensacola Beach Gulf Front 12 Via de Luna Drive Pensacola Beach, Florida, United States 32561 Tel: 1-850-916-2999 Fax: 1-850-934-0891 We stayed at this property while taping Cruise Radio and they exceeded our expectations. The property in centrally located, beach front, walking distance to restaurants and shops, along with nice interior corridors… not to mention Beach Front! Check in [...]
While taking a cruise out of your home port is always a great idea…. it’s not always that easy. Recently, I caught a cruise out of Miami, Florida so we will use that as our case study. Living in Jacksonville, Florida it was about a five hour road trip down to Miami. We left Jacksonville [...]
We took a last minute cruise on the NCL ‘Sky’ for a three day Bahamas cruise to tape an episode of Cruise Radio and it was pretty eventful. Since my radio show is independent, I can have an unbiased look at it all. We are both in our 20′s, so of course having fun was [...]
The Cruise Guy, Stewart Chiron joins us talking about Carnival Cruise Lines rate increase, a new cruise ship to be home-ported in Tampa, Florida and the noro-virus outbreak on the Celebrity Mercury. An avid traveler and an award-winning journalist, Ralph Grizzle joins us with a recent article he wrote called “Extracting More Joy from Your Cruise.” Frequent [...]
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